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Coronary Artery Fistula Presenting as Unstable Angina Pectoris in Patients with Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Case Reports in Medicine, 2013
The cardiovascular system is one of the primary targets in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome. The valves are the most frequently affected. Atherosclerosis and coronary thrombosis are also seen. The risk of acute coronary syndrome is 10 times higher
Şerafettin Demir, Ceyhun Yucel, Mucahit Tufenk, Aydin Rodi Tosu, Murat Selcuk, Abdi Bozkurt   +5 more
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Risk factors of delayed pre-hospital treatment seeking in patients with acute coronary syndrome: A prospective study

Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2015
Objectives: Despite enormous efforts in public education, treatment seeking time still remains more than optimal in patients with acute coronary syndrome.
Marzieh Fathi, Aysan Rahiminiya, Mohammad Amin Zare, Nader Tavakoli   +3 more
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Variants in candidate genes and their interactions with smoking on the risk of acute coronary syndrome

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud
Introduction. Multiple genetic and environmental factors interact with the development of acute coronary syndrome. Smoking is one of the environmental factors that might alter the metabolic pathways shared by genes associated with this condition ...
Liliana Franco, Natalia Gallego, Cristian Velarde, Diana Valencia, Juan Pablo Pérez-Bedoya, Kelly Betancur, Kelly Marisancen, Paola Parra, Santiago Carvalho, Luisa Parra, Evert Jiménez, Carlos Martínez, Clara Saldarriaga, Juan Carlos Arango, Nathalia González-Jaramillo, Jenny García, Ana Valencia   +16 more
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Endothelium and acute coronary syndromes [PDF]

Clinical Chemistry, 1998
AbstractThe vascular endothelium is a dynamic endocrine organ that regulates contractile, secretory, and mitogenic activities in the vessel wall and hemostatic processes within the vascular lumen. Risk factors for atherosclerosis such as cigarette smoking, hypertension, and increased serum lipid concentrations impair endothelial function and lead to ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Acute Coronary Syndrome in an Intensive Care Unit of a Tertiary Referral Centre in Central Nepal: The Spectrum and Coronary Risk Factors.

Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 2013
Introduction: Acute coronary syndrome is the major leading cause for coronary care unit admission. Its spectrum comprises a variety of disorders including unstable angina, non ST elevation and ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Mani Prasad Gautam, Guruprasad Sogunuru, Gangapatnam Subramanyam, Lekhjung Thapa, Raju Paudel, Madhav Ghimire, Gautam Samir, Usha Ghimire, Ramila Shilpakar   +8 more
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Serum myeloperoxidase: a novel biomarker for evaluation of patients with acute coronary syndrome.

, 2009
Objectives Myeloperoxidase, an abundant leucocyte enzyme, is elevated in culprit lesions that have ruptured in patients with sudden cardiac injury. Multiple lines of evidence suggest an association between myeloperoxidase and inflammation and acute ...
Gururajan, P., Sarasabharati, A., Nayar, P., Babu, S., Victor, D., Cherian, K.M., Gurumurthy, P.   +6 more
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History of depression and survival after acute myocardial infarction [PDF]

, 2009
Objective: To compare survival in post-myocardial (MI) participants from the Enhancing Recovery In Coronary Heart Disease (ENRICHD) clinical trial with a first episode of major depression (MD) and those with recurrent MID, which is a risk factor for ...
Blumenthal, J.A., Steinmeyer, B.C., Czajkowski, Susan M., de Jonge, Peter; id_orcid, Freedland, Kenneth E., Davidson, Karina W., Steinmeyer, Brian, Czajkowski, S.M., Jaffe, Allan S., Freedland, K.E., de Jonge, P., Carney, R.M., Carney, Robert M., Davidson, K.W., Steinmeyer, B., de Jonge, Peter, Jaffe, A.S., Blumenthal, James A.   +17 more
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A critical reappraisal of the carotid sinus and carotid bulb: Distinguishing neurohistological function from vascular geometry

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
This review redefines the carotid bulb (CB) as a variable geometric dilation shaped by hemodynamics and the carotid sinus (CS) as a conserved neurohistological baroreceptor field. Distinguishing these entities clarifies a century of anatomical confusion and links geometry, neurohistology, and clinical interpretation within a unified framework ...
Răzvan Costin Tudose, Nicolae Radu, Mugurel Constantin Rusu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

When allergy strikes the heart: Kounis syndrome and cardiac arrest

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Kounis syndrome is an acute coronary syndrome precipitated by allergic or hypersensitivity reactions and mediated by the release of inflammatory substances that affect the coronary circulation.
Marta Chiara Sircana, Roberto Manetti, Gavino Casu, Alfredo Caturano   +3 more
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Cytokine Pathways Driving Diverse Tissue Pathologies in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Arthritis &Rheumatology, EarlyView.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex systemic disorder characterized primarily by articular inflammation and destruction with associated functional loss and reduced quality of life. RA is also associated with extra‐articular disease, such as that of the lung, with potentially devastating clinical consequences. The critical importance of comorbidities,
Aurelie Najm, Lyn D. Ferguson, Iain B. McInnes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source